英文翻译

5.Tourist attractions in the name of the present

situation of translation

Visitors when reading travel information, scenic spot name is jumped out the information Seize tourists, attracting the attention of visitors, the first impression is very important.Therefore,Scenic spot name translation is important,But, for now,Present situation of scenic spot name translation is difficult to satisfactory.After summarizing, the writer discovers that the main three problems.

5.1 The lack of translation principles with macro guidance

The same attractions translation is different, often three or four translation,resulting translation disorders.Guangxi liuzhou scenery pleasant,There are many parks in the city,Often make tourists linger,But the park's translation is not unified, different places often write different translation.For example:鱼峰公园0有 4个译名: Standing Fish Park, Standing- fish Hill Park, Yu fen Park和 Yu fen Scenery District;雀山公园有 3 个译名:Que Shan Park, Que Shan Park和 Que Hill Park; 鹅山公园也有三个译名: E Shan Park, E shan H ill Park and

E shan Youth Park。

5.2 Terminology translation mistakes

"Dragon" overall a scenic spot name translation method is proposed:"Tourism scenic area of the English translation of respect in the destination cultural connotation under the condition of appropriate USES liberal translation and transliteration + liberal translation".For example:凤凰亭 Phoenix Pavilion、玉女峰 The Jade Lady Peak.However, from the point of these examples translation methods, is not "free translation", but "literal translation".Literal translation is the original literal meaning is consistent with the significance, method of direct translation from the original literal meaning,Such as:，历史博物馆 History Museum.Free translation is not consistent in the original literal meaning and connotative meaning, regardless of the original and literal meaning and translate it contains significance method,such as:颐和园 Summer Palace.

5.3 Proper noun translation is too arbitrary

"Journey" technical secondary school of randomness in some of the simultaneous translation, some translation of meaning, and cut at random words.For example:

大唐西市Tang West Market,大兴善寺Xing Shan Temple，The names of the two spots "big" words are cut,Random deletion of words destroys the integrality of the translation of names of scenic spots, the loss of national cultural identity.

Problems that exist in the scenic spot name translation, the present situation of scenic spot name translation needs to be improved, also tell us from one side of the complexity of the scenic spot name translation, the translator in the translation when absolutely cannot treat STH lightly, automatically taken hastily laid hands on him, and should have more scrutiny.

https://www.360docs.net/doc/e514990777.html, of tourist attractions translation principles,

methods and enlightenment

6.1 translation principles and methods

Tourism translation should follow the principle of translation.Tourism translation should be the angel of culture to spread Chinese culture as its own duty, guided by the tourists.Therefore, in translating tourist materials should be based on Chinese culture orientation, with an emphasis on translation.Tourism scenic spot name translation can follow the following principles and methods:

6.1.1 fuzzy equivalence translation

Such as name, genus name, proper noun TongMing special details of the cultural heritage information should adopt the strategy of fuzzy equivalence class scenic spot.Keywords translation selection of the most representative of the tourist attractions and cultural value,for example,故宫博物院 Palace Museum; 秦始皇兵马俑博物馆，Qin Terracotta Warrior Museum; 大雁塔北广场音乐喷泉 Yanta Square Mu-sic Fountain.

6.1.2 literal translation and free translation

Cultural heritage tourist attractions English names have spread tourist destination culture and the role of international visitors, in respect of destination culture circumstances, to emphasize the cultural connotation of scenic spots, if you can find the semantic equivalence in the target language vocabulary,

proper noun and TongMing use literal translation and translation as far as possible,for example,钟楼 Bell Tower，大清真寺 The Great Mosque，大佛寺Giant Buddha Temple; 青铜器博物馆Bronze Ware Museum.

6.1.3 proper name transliteration

All named and has lost its proper noun alleged image or the nature of the proper noun should use transliteration.for example,小雁( 塔) Xiaoyan( Pagoda) ，周公( 庙) Zhougong ( Temple) ，张学良( 公馆)( Former Residence of)Zhang Xuelian，章怀 ( 太子墓)( Tomb of Prince) Zhang Huai.

6.1.4 add translation

In order to facilitate the international tourist comprehensive mastery of the information, the function name in the name of omitting original attractions need additional translation,for example: 西安碑林 Xi’an Beilin Museum，楼观台Louguantai Daoist Temple，镇北台 Zhenbeitai Fortress，水陆庵 Shuilu’an Temple; 华清池 Huaqing Palace Heritage Site.

6.1.5 reduction of translation

For the names of the places in only for rhetorical effect and not specifically refers to the size of words without translation.For example:如: 大唐西市 Tang West Market,赵公明财神庙 The God of Wealth Temple.

6.2 enlightenment

cultural heritage class scenic spot name translation is to create cultural heritage attractions attractions of brand name translation is a cross-cultural communication activity,Due to the different language and culture will lead to differences in English audience to the same specific name of the understanding, the translator should not only understand Chinese spots of historical cultural meaning, but also understand the semantic, pragmatic and cultural meaning of translation. cultural heritage class scenic spot name translation is a systems engineering analysis carefully the current domestic more than one scene phenomenon reveals that the root cause of the problem is not completely in the level of the translator, in government departments and attractions management English name on scenic spots.From the analysis of the most controversial famous cultural heritage site name translation, in addition to individual generic mistranslation, most of the translation are not wrong, the problem lies in the differences between the core word

choice, due to the lack of uniform standards, different translators according to their understanding of words,Therefore caused a scene more than the phenomenon, if the government and attractions management to formally promulgated the attractions of the official English name, will change the present situation.

7.conclusion

The comparison of Chinese and western tourist attractions name, deepened our in chinese-english two languages, Chinese and western two cultures, and the relationship between language and culture have a more in-depth understanding.The names of the places as the primary information attractions, realize the information function and vocative function,We found both in the form and means of these functions, namely, expression form, naming motivation, difference and similarity, which provides beneficial enlightenment to the translation of names of scenic spots Chinese.The structure of the Chinese scenic spot name translation complies with English habit, the expression of the need to provide true information at the same time, the cultural connotation, to better realize the information function, aesthetic function and call function.